Next Transformers Series will be called "Transformers: Prime"

#1 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Here's a little bit of info about it. So what thoughts do you all have about the upcoming show?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/next-cartoon-is-called-transformers-prime-according-to-actor-jeffrey-combs/17804/

#2 Posted by danhimself (18747 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I was probably one of the few adults that really enjoyed Transformers: Animated

I wonder what this new series will be about

#3 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Oh yeah, I found this too. It's Bumblebee's look in this show.

http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=13158

#4 Posted by danhimself (18747 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I'm not sure how I feel about that look

#5 Posted by InnerVenom123 (27555 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Looks like its taking after the movie..... blah....

#6 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

interesting. i never got to try out the Transformers: Animated,
strange as that is since im a huge TF fan. thanks for getting this early
information up Mr.D.

#7 Posted by Primmaster64 (21131 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

hmmm.I miss Hotshot.

#8 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@CATMANEXE said:

" interesting. i never got to try out the Transformers: Animated, strange as that is since im a huge TF fan. thanks for getting this early information up Mr.D. "

You're welcome. Also, Animated was pretty good if you ask me.

#9 Edited by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I honestly support this idea!! It looks sick, sounds interesting from what I gather and honestly HATED the anime-ish/odd style of Transformers:Animated....besides, god knows it's been a while since we've seen a 3D looking Transformers....it's funny, just this week I lent my friend Beast Wars and was watching Beast Machines myself few weeks ago lol.

I have both series. Now, if only I can get Transformers:RID....and I need to get Transformers:Cybertron.

Nice update btw, director. Thanks :) I find this interesting.

#10 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MKF30 said:

"
I honestly support this idea!! It looks sick, sounds interesting from what I gather and honestly HATED the anime-ish/odd style of Transformers:Animated....besides, god knows it's been a while since we've seen a 3D looking Transformers....it's funny, just this week I lent my friend Beast Wars and was watching Beast Machines myself few weeks ago lol.

I have both series. Now, if only I can get Transformers:RID....and I need to get Transformers:Cybertron.

Nice update btw, director. Thanks :) I find this interesting.
"

You're welcome. : )
Also, Animated isn't that bad once you get past the drawing style. My favorite thing about it was that it drew a lot from other series and had its own traits to add. There was Blackarachnia and Waspinator for Beast Wars fans, some G1 references, and Michael Bay movie references.

#11 Edited by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

lol, yeah maybe you're right. The drawing style when I first saw it was ehh, the voice acting, storyline is spot on though.(including some of the BW voice actors like David Kaye playing Optimus(ironically, he was trying out for that role in Beast Wars but went with Garry Chalk instead and he got Megatron's voice) I'm sure you know this since I have a feeling you're a big Transformer fan given your posts and avys lol.

But I did see Blackarachnia in there, Waspinator I didn't see though. Have to check it out. Do you know if he had the same voice? Scott McNeil is awesome lol but thanks.

#12 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Not sure if it was the same voice, but Waspinator appears later in the series. I just wish he had more appearances.

#13 Posted by Mr. Smiths (1912 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Hope its better then the movies.

#14 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah I hear ya, hey director...isn't BlackArachnia bad in that series though? I know in BW, she was originally a Maximal protoform, then re-programmed by Tyranturas, then eventually saw the light of her true Maximal self+Silverbolt's guidance and love...

The story is a little different though right with BA in Transformers:Animated?

#15 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

oh man, you guys are talking Beast Wars. im smiling right now.
that show was a legend.

#16 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah, that show was epic indeed! So many cool characters. Dinobot, Rattrap, Primal, Megatron, Black Arachnia. List is endless.

#17 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

i know a few people that arent even childhood TF fans that relish that show for its writing.
and i got to agree with them, just for a television show period the writing was really good
in its day.

#18 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah, in Animated, Blackarachnia is bad. Her origin in it was that she used to be an Autobot named Elita-1, and one day, she, Optimus Prime, and Sentinal Prime were exploring a forbidden planet and although Optimus said they shouldn't be there, Sentinal wanted to continue exploring, and eventually they found a crash-landed Decepticon ship and went inside and were attacked by giant spider creatures. Sentinal and Optimus managed to escape, but Elita-1 wasn't so lucky. The other two thought she had died, but it turned out that she had somehow been mutated into a half-organic half-machine being and she carried a grudge against the Autobots for having abandoned her and letting her become a freak.

#19 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786:
they had her be an incarnation of G1 Primes girlfriend?
that is pretty silly.

#20 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Beast Wars was the best series if you ask me. Megatron from that show was my favorite.

#21 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786:
quality wise i agree. even tough its less so, with the possible exception being the animated movie
G1 is still my favorite, but only in that its closer to my heart since i grew up on it and even the related
Marvel comics series. but as far as how well done the series were Beast Wars for sure. better writing, better acting (voice), better animation.

#22 Edited by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

G1 was awesome too. I just felt it was really repetitive for the most part. Almost every episode was "Decepticons have new plan to steal energon. Autobots attack and fail. They regroup and then later on attack the Decepticons again and this time are victorious. Then there's a happy ending." I'm not saying it was bad, just that at times it felt as though I was watching the same thing again and again.

However, I do love the G1 comic series a lot. It's probably my favorite kind of Transformers series anywhere. I wish IDW would make more Beast Wars comics, though.

#23 Posted by Lantern Prime (13045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786 said:

"G1 was awesome too. I just felt it was really repetitive for the most part. Almost every episode was "Decepticons have new plan to steal energon. Autobots attack and fail. They regroup and then later on attack the Decepticons again and this time are victorious. Then there's a happy ending." I'm not saying it was bad, just that at times it felt as though I was watching the same thing again and again. However, I do love the G1 comic series a lot. It's probably my favorite kind of Transformers series anywhere. I wish IDW would make more Beast Wars comics, though."

G1 Cartoons: Started it all and is the best memories event though I started watching em in 2002 as a 11 yr old....

G1 Comics (Marvel, DW, and IDW) : Best Transformers stories....

Beast Wars (Comics or Cartoon): Second Best

Armada: 3rd best

Everyother version is no good. the Bayformers aren't even Transformers so that doesn't count to me.....

I need to get Tranformers #4 on going next week....

#24 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Ohh, lantern prime what's up man? you didn't like the movies? Awee, lol I enjoyed them but my biggest beef was (aside from some storyline differences) the whole Megatron looking like a organic monster...I don't get why they couldn't have just made him look more "robotish" like the huge gun he was originally..I mean optimus they did spot on more or less or as best I think. Megatron looked wayy different then any cartoon version IMO...but to each his own man. I love Transformers as well!

@MrDirector786 said:

"Yeah, in Animated, Blackarachnia is bad. Her origin in it was that she used to be an Autobot named Elita-1, and one day, she, Optimus Prime, and Sentinal Prime were exploring a forbidden planet and although Optimus said they shouldn't be there, Sentinal wanted to continue exploring, and eventually they found a crash-landed Decepticon ship and went inside and were attacked by giant spider creatures. Sentinal and Optimus managed to escape, but Elita-1 wasn't so lucky. The other two thought she had died, but it turned out that she had somehow been mutated into a half-organic half-machine being and she carried a grudge against the Autobots for having abandoned her and letting her become a freak. "

Ohh, thanks for that explaination lol. That sure covers it up, interesting...I knew it was a different storyline but I missed too much of that show. Yeah, I agree...I think it's interesting but the BW version being re-programmed by Tarantulas then her finding her way with Silverbolt's guidance/love was better to finding her true maximal self...

I noticed in some of these series, they bring back the same characters and make predacons into decepticons or autobots maximals or maximals into autobots...lol

BTW, dude I soo agree...David Kaye's Megatron turned a lot of heads....his megatron is IMO more sinister, definitely more evil IMO then original since he wanted "every" spark in BM saga...lol, more cunning, scheming and very smart.

The classic Megatron Decepticon, Frank Welker's Megatron sounded more machine like, chaotic and "out there" lol...also smart in his own way, but I think his decendant Megatron(Kaye's) was more careful and handled things better with prep time IMO.

#25 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Beast Wars Megatron was the best in my opinion. I also really liked Megatron from Transformers: Animated. G1 Megatron would probably be second or third favorite. Movie Megatron was okay, but I think he could have been done better. Still, I enjoyed the movies as well.

#26 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I would have loved for David Kaye to voice Megatron in the movies....or even if Welker did it. Not saying Hugo's was "bad" it wasn't, I just think one of the voices like Cullen's Optimus from the shows would have been even more epic.

#27 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Welker was the voice for Soundwave in Revenge of the Fallen. He just didn't have the vocoder.

#28 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Soundwave? I have to watch it again lol. I honestly forgot what he sounded like in the film. Cool.

#29 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Welker voices Megatron in the movie games, though. There's also an episode of G1 where I think they didn't use the vocoder because Welker sounded just like he did in Revenge of the Fallen. I loved how many technical errors the G1 show had. One time, they forgot Optimus Prime's faceplate.

#30 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786:
lol. i wouldnt know where to start with G1 mistakes. there was also the boobage incident of course.
the G1 comic by Marvel somehow ended up with the same problem, so much so that they ended up making a contest where the reader would go through prior issues and find all of the mistakes in it.

#31 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@CATMANEXE said:

" @MrDirector786: lol. i wouldnt know where to start with G1 mistakes. there was also the boobage incident of course. the G1 comic by Marvel somehow ended up with the same problem, so much so that they ended up making a contest where the reader would go through prior issues and find all of the mistakes in it. "

lol. How could they somehow make similar mistakes in the comics? That is pretty funny though.

#32 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786: i know right, but there it was. either the art was screwed up, character was the wrong color, wrong name wrong alignment, ect. maybe it was a TF curse caused by those heat-rub-sticker reprolabels....

actually i think its a TF universal constant. remember the toys also had a bunch of mistakes as
well (Red Bumblebee, Yellow Cliffjumper for example).

#33 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah. The Soundwave cassettes, Rumble and Frenzy, had their colors mixed up too. Though I think the show is the one that screwed it up. I heard Frenzy was supposed to be blue and Rumble was supposed to be black and red.

#34 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786:
lol. so in a weird way the live-action movies were actually being accurate to the series by having so many screw-ups.

#35 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@CATMANEXE: lol. Yeah, that is funny.

#36 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

you know though, and i just dont get why we're still waiting for it...
where the hell is the animated GIJOE Vs Transformers movie already?!!

#37 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

Yeah. They need to make a GI Joe vs Transformers movie, whether animated or live-action if you ask me. As much as Iike GI Joe though,
Transformers > GI Joe any day. :P

#38 Posted by Satyrquaze (4542 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

It's going to be weird hearing Weyoun's voice out of Ratchet's mouth...

#39 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I agree lol, Transformers>>G.I. Joe lol but I do like Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, IMO the coolest characters in GI Joe series

#40 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I love how this thread pretty much turned from being a thread about the new upcoming Transformers show to being a thread about anything Transformers related, period. Not that I'm complaining. I enjoy getting to discuss this much about Transformers.

#41 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

lol, sorry....of course something like Transformers would do that. Now, where GI Joe came from you got me lol...

Transformers is hard to talk about just one series given the franchises history. I enjoy most of them, but more certainly more then others. I look forward to this new show and who the voices will be :)

#42 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

I got the GI Joe thing because CATMANEXE said that we shouldn't be waiting any longer for an animated Transformers vs GI Joe movie.

#43 Posted by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

#44 Posted by Superparody (2011 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

so is Superboy Prime going to be in Transformers Prime as a guest appearence?

lol

Prime smash! and smash and smash then kill and kill until dead.

#45 Edited by CATMANEXE (17045 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@Superparody:
LAME!!!! troll it up in the bajillion Superboy Prime threads.

edit: needs more cowbell

" Hello? Old Over-Used Cliche Police? I'd like to report a crime in progress. "

#46 Posted by Superparody (2011 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@CATMANEXE said:

"@Superparody: LAME!!!! troll it up in the bajillion Superboy Prime threads. edit: needs more cowbell " Hello? Old Over-Used Cliche Police? I'd like to report a crime in progress. " "

awww that was mean...I just wanted to say somthing witty....now you are making me cry...*sniff...*sniff

#47 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@Superparody: lol

#48 Posted by MKF30 (11623 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786 said:

"I got the GI Joe thing because CATMANEXE said that we shouldn't be waiting any longer for an animated Transformers vs GI Joe movie. "

lol, I didn't even know there was one in the works.

#49 Posted by glforthewin (2355 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MrDirector786: agreed. my mom loved that series for some reason

#50 Posted by MrDirector786 (41467 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago - Show Bio

@MKF30 said:

" @MrDirector786 said:

"I got the GI Joe thing because CATMANEXE said that we shouldn't be waiting any longer for an animated Transformers vs GI Joe movie. "
lol, I didn't even know there was one in the works. "

Truth be told, I didn't even know there was one being made either. But I agree there should be one.

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